All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/22/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 1

All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/22/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 1

Everyone comes out for the RWTL opening ceremony with "Olympia" playing. The president of AJPW talks and everyone heads out. Jiro flip dives his opponents off the top before the opening ceremony ends and the RWTL is on.

Real World Tag League - Block B: Xyon & Oddyssey vs Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan

Jiro wants to tag in Tak but he's down. Xyon takes jacket punches from Jiro. Tak tries to running chop Xy in the throat while Jiro holds him but Xy moves and Jiro gets it. Xyon goes up and over Tak and is hit in the throat. Tak hits running corner shots to the throat and hurts his own hand when he misses. Xyon hits shots and a headbutt on Tak. Tak falls down and kicks him in the crotch in the process. 

Odd gets in and he takes shots from his opponents. Odd takes a gamengiri/enzugiri combo. Odd then double suplexes his opponents. Odd misses a splash and Xy is double lariated over the top. Xy is taken into the stands by Jiro's team. Tak hits throat shots on him against a door. The ref starts to count for the countout by Xy easily makes it in. 

Xy takes double team shots from his opponents. Jiro's team then takes stereo lariats. Odd black hole slams Jiro. Xy then does a far top rope diving headbutt drop and pins Jiro.

Thoughts: It was fine for an opener and did what it was supposed to with the bigger guys dominating and the heels doing comedy and cheap stuff to try and win. Thankfully, the big guys won.

Real World Tag League - Block A: Go Shiozaki & Shotaro Ashino vs Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi 

Kuma has gotten rid of his mohawk and just has a normal hair style now. 

Go and Omori lock up. Omori backs him up on the ropes and blows a kiss. Omori wants Go to shake his hand and Go doesn't want to but does. Go then lariats him. Kuma comes in and shoulders over Go. Sho fireman's carry takedowns him and lariats him. Go hits machine gun chops on Omori in the corner.

Sho does a karelin's lift to Omori for 2. Sho then chinlocks him. Omori ddt's Sho. Kuma slams his opponents then shoulders them over. Sho is then thrown into Go. Kuma sentons Sho for 2. Sho running euros Kuma then germans him. 

Go hits chops on Kuma then ridge hand chops him for 2. Go hits punches on Kuma. Kuma dropkicks him. Omori comes in and offers Go a handshake before clubbing him. Go takes a double shoulderblock. Omori is slammed on Go for 2.

Go takes a cutter from Omori and a senton from Kuma. Kuma does a tower of doom spot on Omori and Go for a 2 count. Omori comes off the top and Go gets his knees up. Kuma is pushed into Omori then Sho drops Kuma onto Omori. Omori takes a backdrop + 2nd rope chop for 2. Go hits a go flasher on Omori and Omori shockingly kicks out. Go running lariats Omori and pins him.

Thoughts: Omori basically did comedy here. Go was a little more fired up than usual though. This kind of worked as everyone did what you would expect them to do (Kuma crushed people, Omori was the scared heel and Go chopped people) though if you were looking for substance, this wasn't it. We saw very little of Ashino in this. 

Jun Saito, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Shouta Kofuji 

Musashi and Dan go at it. Dan takes him down and Musashi rope breaks to avoid the crab. Dan boots him on the break. Musashi grabs him by the hair and things get fiesty in the corner. They grab each other's hair. Seiki comes in. SK goes up and over him then armdrags him. SK dropkicks him and does a taunt. Musashi gets mad about this. SK takes kicks from Seiki and Musashi then takes a double basement dropkick. Rayo comes in and hits kicks on the two. Ryo takes a step up enzugiri, a double stomp on the back and a low basement dropkick. 

Musasahi and Seiki run into a double boot in the corner and a double dropkick off the 2nd rope. Dan comes in and suplexes Seiki for 2. Seiki hits a scissors kick on Dan. Jun running facekicks Dan then suplexes him for 2.

Dan flying shoulders Jun. Ryo gets in and hits chest kicks on Jun in the corner. Ryo facekicks him then corner dropkicks him. Jun takes corner attacks. Ryo kicks Jun in the chest for 2. Ryo spin kicks Jun in the gut nd spinning forearms him. Jun facekicks Ryo over.

Jun lariats Ryo for 2. Dan and SS get pushed into each other and Seiki tornado ddt's Dan. Musashi tope con hilos SK and Dan outside. Jun then shows up behind Ryo and chokeslams him to win.

Thoughts: I liked Jun and Ryo's section here. Musashi and Seiki always have some inner dialogue going on that gets lost on me. They definitely set up the stage for a Dan vs Seiki match here. It was about average. Ryo had a good showing here.

Dan and Seiki have to be separated after. 

Real World Tag League - Block A: Ren Ayabe & Talos vs Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo

Ken ducks Tal's lock-ups to start. Ken stomps Tal's hand and hits chops. Tal throws him off the lock up and shoulders him over. Ren and Suzuki get in. Ren backs him up on the ropes but clean breaks him. Suzuki hits him in the gut and euros him. Ren then slams him. Tal corner splashes Suzuki. Suzuki guillotines Ren while Ken figure fours Tal outside.

Suzuki hits more shots to Ren's gut then slaps him. Ren slaps him back. Suzuki does some of the garvin stomp to Ren. Ren forearms him. Suzuki low blows him in front of the ref but the ref allows it. Ken chest kicks Ren down. 

Ren suplexes Suzuki. Tal comes in and corner splashes Suzuki. Tal facekicks Ken while holding Suzuki then slams Suzuki onto Ken. Tal the hits a double side slam. Tal takes leg kicks from both opponents then an enzugiri + buzzsaw kick combo. Ren corner facekicks Suzuki then flying neckbreakers him for 2.

Suzuki hits basement dropkicks on Ren. Suzuki grounded chokes Ren but they fall into the ropes and it is broken up. Ken then figure fours Tal on the floor again. Suzuki boots Ren out of the corner and hanging headscsissors him over the top rope.

Ren 2nd rope superplexes Suzuki and Suzuki drops down hard. Suzuki sleepers Ren. Tal gets in and corner splashes Suzuki. Ren full nelson bombs Suzuki for 2. Ken tries a 1v2 and is forearmed down. Ken then is double chokeslammed. Suzuki is hit with a double boot. Suzuki is held in the air and Tal presses him down. Ren hits his spinning falcon arrow on Suzuki and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Ken tried to chop the big guys down and Suzuki tried holds on them. Ren's team overpowered their opponents in the end though. Talos got Ren to work a bit like a giant here which was nice. 

Real World Tag League - Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura 

Ken and NN go at it. NN hits him on the break. Ken facekicks him, takes him over, is put in a headscissors and they stand off. Davey and Honda get in. Honda side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Davey cartwheels over him and shoulders him over. Honda takes a double shoulder and Ken's team poses.

Honda trips Ken into the ropes and chokes him on the ropes with his legs. Ken headbutts Honda outside. Ken is then dropped with forearms by the other team outside. Ken is sent into the rails. Honda chokes Ken on the rails. 

NN stomps on Ken inside and foot chokes him with Honda. NN back elbows Ken then is hit by Davey. Davey lariats both opponents then slams both. Davey suplexes NN for 2. Davey powerslams NN for 2. 

NN hits a running spear on Davey. Honda corner lariats Davey twice. Honda then spears him for 2. Davey ddt's Honda. Ken comes in and facekicks Honda. Ken dropkicks him in the knee then the side of the head. Davey takes a double boot then a double sjoulderblock. Ken is hit with a double suplex for 2. 

Honda fireman's carry takeovers Ken for 2. Honda spears Ken then NN top rope splashes Ken. Ken is hit with a double spear for 2. Honda running lariats Ken for 2. Ken flying knees Honda then Davey backdrops Honda. NN hits forearms on Davey. NN death valley drivers Davey. Ken flying pumping knees Honda. Honda powers up and lariats him twice. Ken straightjacket germans him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun tag. Davey played the big man. Honda got to do his bursts and show some spirit and we got a lot of Kenoh in this. I enjoyed and that's without Nomura even being a part of this. 

Ken and Davey talk on the mic after. Davey says, "I love Zen Nihon". 

Real World Tag League - Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO vs Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai

AA = Atsuki Aoyagi, Aoyagi = Yuma Aoyagi

AA and Aoyagi go at it. Aoyagi side headlocks him and shoulders him over. AA armdrags him then Aoyagi armdrags him back. They stand off. Rising and Anzai go at it. Rising chops him off the break. Anzai forearms him down and is chopped. Anzai dropkicks him then slams him. Anzai is pulled over the top and Rising poses in the ring.

AA top rope dropkicks Aoyagi. Anzai is hit with a double dropkick. AA and Rising then do stereo plancha's outside. Aoyagi is thrown into the rails by his brother. AA stomps Anzai in the corner. Aoyagi pulls his brother out and sends him into the rails. Aoyagi then takes his brother into the stands and bangs his head off the sign.

Anzai springboard forearms Rising off the rail. Aoyagi then knee drops AA while he hangs over the rail. AA hits forearms on Aoyagi. Aoyagi slams him and does Rising's pose on him. Aoyagi then gives Rising the finger. AA takes a double shoulderblock for 2.

Anzai forearms AA down. AA hits forearms on Aoyagi then Aoyagi forearms him. Aoyagi piledrivers AA for 2. Aoyagi chinlocks him. AA is popped up and dropkicks Yuma off of it. Rising comes in and he running back elbows Aoyagi. He corner dropkicks him then bulldogs him for 2. Aoyagi knees him in the gut. Anzai gets in and flying forearms Rising. He then hits a forearm flurry in the corner.

Rising chops Anzai. Anzai knees him in the face then double underhook suplexes him. Anzai goes for gimlet on Rising but Rising hurricanrana's him. They slap each other and Rising dropkicks him. Anzai overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Rising then broken arrow's him.

AA and Aoyagi go at it. AA cartwheels and flips out of the corner. He 2nd rope diving armdrags Aoyagi and dropkicks him. Aoyagi gori specials AA for 2. Aoyagi does a kimura + guillotine combo and AA rope breaks. 

Anzai is pushed into Aoyagi and takes an enzugiri from AA. AA handspring corkscrew kicks Aoyagi. Aoyagi takes corner attacks then a diving codebreaker into a backdrop + neckbreaker combo for 2. AA misses a top rope moonsault then is dropkicked by Anzai.

Rising spinning heel kicks Anzai. Aoyagi dropkicks Rising and then AA. AA spinning ddt's Aoyagi and all 4 men are down. Aoyagi and AA trade forearms at 20 minutes. They each hit corner attacks and Aoyagi backdrops him for 2. AA takes a double underhook suplex then a top rope elbow drop Aoyagi for 2. Aoyagi brainbusters him for 2. AA rolls up Aoyagi for 2 then cradles him for 2. Aoyagi rolls up AA for 2. AA corkscrew kicks him. Rising tiger feint ddt's Aoyagi. 

AA does triple fisherman suplexes to Aoyagi for 2. AA top rope moonsaults Aoyagi for 2 and Anzai deadlift germans him to break the pin. Anzai flying knees Rising three times. Aoyagi running lariats AA then fisherman busters him for 2. AA hits a hard lariat on Aoyagi. Anzai and Rising trade forearms. 

AA and Rising superkick Anzai then superkick him together. They then double pendulum drop him backwards from the fisherman suplex position. Rising cradle tombstones Aoyagi. AA top rope spanish flies Rising and both land on Aoyagi. AA 450's Aoyagi and pins him to win.

Thoughts: It went around 26 minutes. It was nice to Atsuki and Rising pull off the big win here as underdogs. I liked the match. They didn't go too far or do too much and the match made sense. It was fun to watch The Aoyagi's beat each other up as well. Atsuki and Rising both landing on Aoyagi off the top rope spanish fly was a wild and cool spot. This was a big success and a good but not great main.

Rising and Atsuki talk on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show. The main and semi main were the big highlights which is how things should be. The opener was okay enough. I also liked the Talos tag more than I expected. I would give this a 6 out 10 overall.